This petition is a great first step. Already more than 85,000 people have signed on. To require a response from President Obama, we need 100,000 signatures by September 30.

The U.S. can and should show leadership by resettling at least 100,000 Syrians over the next year. Now is the time for the U.S. to give concrete hope for the millions of families fleeing violence and persecution in conflict-ridden countries.

“Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeing death by war and by hunger, and who are on a path toward a hope for life, the Gospel calls us to be neighbors to the smallest and most abandoned, to give them concrete hope.” –Pope Francis, Sept. 6, 2015

Pope Francis urges us to offer ‘concrete hope'. Join us in offering hope!